Research Article

Thermochemical Equilibrium Model of Synthetic Natural Gas Production from Coal Gasification Using Aspen Plus

Table 3

Mass flow rates used in the model as inlet streams.

Technology feedingRaw materialCoal (ton/h)Water (ton/h)Oxygen (ton/h)CO2 (ton/h)Steam (ton/h)

Slurry Bijao293.6126.3173.986.7*
Sanoha219.5107.1138.02105*
Dry Bijao237.2175.2143.5189*
Sanoha220.4188138.2192.7*

*Estimated in this work, using sensitivity analysis, to reach the ratio H2/CO = 3.